Ukraine’s President Accuses Russia Of ‘Nuclear Terrorism’ On Chernobyl Anniverary

(RFE/RL) Ukraine’s president lashed out at Russia, accusing it of “nuclear terrorism,” as Kyiv observed the 40th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl power plant, the world’s worst civilian atomic disaster. Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized Moscow citing Russian drone flights over the remnants of the destroyed plant in northern Ukraine. Last year, a Russian drone hit the protective “sarcophagus” built to try and seal off the radioactive debris. Russia is “again bringing the world to the brink of a man-made disaster,” he said in an April 26 post to Telegram. – Ukraine’s President Accuses Russia Of ‘Nuclear Terrorism’ On Chernobyl Anniverary